Com esse trabalho me propus a abordar o seguinte problema de pesquisa: como as organizações religiosas incentivam o empreendedorismo e apóiam o empreendedor-adepto. A estratégia de pesquisa adotada foi o estudo de caso qualitativo e comparativo de duas organizações religiosas: uma evangélica (Igreja Renascer em Cristo) e outra católica (Movimento dos Focolares). Os dados foram coletados por meio de observação; entrevistas e pesquisa documental. Viu-se que; de modo geral; as estruturas religiosas das organizações investigadas formam um tipo especial de capital social; denominado de capital espiritual por meio de fechamento de redes sociais; organização social apropriável; obrigações e normas; canais de informações e redes religiosas de ajuda mútua capaz de criar e sustentar recursos organizacionais quais sejam; recursos culturais/simbólicos; espaços de formação; informação e apoio espiritual/motivacional e que são mobilizados de modo a facilitar as ações de seus empreendedores. Tais recursos dão vantagens relativas a esses empreendedores por oferecerem benefícios tais como: tecnologias religiosas; apoio psicológico; redução dos custos da coleta e acesso à informação; de negociação e do estabelecimento de contratos; informações específicas e interpretadas de acordo com a visão de mundo religiosa; um sistema de significados que cria essa visão de mundo e sustentada pelas estruturas de plausibilidade; dando-lhes maior grau subjetivo de certeza; esperança e fé acerca de seus negócios; prestações de serviços técnicos por parte de membros da organização; desenvolvimento do capital humano devido à aprendizagem contínua por meio de cursos; seminários; palestras; congressos; trocas de experiência; e possibilidades de negócios; incluindo possíveis parceiros; fornecedores e clientes. Acesse o texto completo
With this work I set out to address the following research problem: how religious organizations encourage entrepreneurship and support the entrepreneur-adept. The research strategy adopted was the qualitative and comparative case study of two religious organizations: one Evangelical (Reborn Church in Christ) and the other Catholic (Focolare Movement). Data were collected through observation; interviews and documentary research. It was seen that; Generally; the religious structures of the organizations investigated form a special type of social capital; called the spiritual capital through the closure of social networks; socially appropriate organization; obligations and standards; channels of information and religious networks of mutual aid capable of creating and sustaining organizational resources whatsoever; cultural / symbolic resources; training spaces; information and spiritual / motivational support and are mobilized to facilitate the actions of their entrepreneurs. Such resources give advantages relative to these entrepreneurs by offering benefits such as: religious technologies; psychological support; reduction of collection costs and access to information; negotiation and the establishment of contracts; specific information and interpreted according to the religious worldview; a system of meanings that creates this vision of the world and is sustained by the structures of plausibility; giving them a higher subjective degree of certainty; hope and faith about their business; provision of technical services by members of the organization; development of human capital due to continuous learning through courses; seminars; speeches; congresses; exchanges of experience; and business possibilities; including potential partners; suppliers and customers. Access the full text
i don't know, its spam for continuing to plug his website and this time intentionally hiding it in the body of a text post but the text isn't really spam, it just sounds like an economics for dummies book.
If I spoke Spanish (Portuguese?) I might actually read this thing.
Sounds like a really interesting topic to do research on. I was raised very religious, and there was a clear in-group mentality when it came to business. Members would often frequent each others businesses even when it was more expensive, employ each others children when they could find better qualified workers, and just take a general interest in the financial well-being of the group as a whole.
For anyone mystified by how Jewish families came to dominate banking and media industries, this is it. It's not just shewed business practice, its a socioeconomic contract built into the religion itself.
eh, its common knowledge that many people go to church purely for community/business reasons. comparing brazilian catholics' to brazilian evangelists' business practices seems a pretty meh read to me even if i was brazilian but whatever.
I ran this through google translate and this is what he said: